TripAdvisor Reviews Fenghuang Suyuan Hotel Beijing

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... we weren't sure what to do, but now we just smile and pose – mostly with children. Sometimes the people are a bit more surreptitious and we will see them snapping our pictures without approaching us. I guess getting your picture with someone other than a Chinese person is like a souvenir for the Chinese. Caitlin is particularly interesting to them with her Snow White skin. We've had lots of laughs over the signage ...

... have also been met with warmth everywhere we have been. From smiling waitresses in cafes to our tour guides and more importantly the Chinese Love TEFL team we really have been welcomed to China with open arms. Whilst all I can say is Hello, Thank you, numbers up to 5 and sometimes how to order dumplings we will be continuing our Mandarin lessons. Eager to get started teaching I am glad however that we’ve had this week and a bit to get settled into China a ...

... so impressed with Steven ( Bie shoe´ Le) his positive attitude and love of his culture and country. We arrived to a steep incline that was lined with vendors selling trinkets and tourist souvenirs. If you survived that trek, you then boarded a gondola to take you up the mountain. From the cable car exit there was still many more inclines and stairs. Visiting here is not for the faint of heart and ...

... Following dinner, we walked to the park since it had stories at affordable pricing. As we were walking, we heard people playing traditional Chinese on drums. The traditional music was very soothing to my ear.

The Chinese Stephanie walked into the store and I saw her bartered with the owner about a broom. That was awesome to see that because I actually saw how bargaining works in Chinese. After she brought ...

... dirty looks off girls the first few days for wearing light summer tops that I covered up alot more in Beijing. The weather like Japan and South Korea got quite cold at times so this wasn't too big of an issue. On the other hand, we also had people come up to us alot to take photos with them or take photos of us as we passed. This was very flattering but clearly it's because they don't see too many Western tourists.